Morning journal and courier., 1887-05-12
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The operation of the interstate law is en- abling actors to save more money than ever by walking Philadelphia North American.
 Little Alice, when asked why her toes would come out of shoes so soon, said: 'Why, 'course know. It's because toes wiggle, and heels don't. ."-Babyhood.
 Some old dinner customs still prevail. The Romans used to recline at their banquets, and the habit of lying at public dinners still prevaiIs.-Boston Commercial Bulletin.
 "Give me liberty or give me death p yelled the campaign patriot in laundering tones, and then he went into a restaurant and compromised on a piece of pie.-Mer- chant Traveller.
 "Aw-yes," said young Darwin; "the head of this cane is-aw-solid gold, y know I wouldn't carry one that wasn't pure.''
 q see," said his friend; sensitive stom- ach, eh, Cholley?'-Puck.
 ssWhat about the Monroe doctrine?" was asked of village candidate. ooh, well, now" said he, 'swhen it comes to that, thar's jest as good doctors now as there ever was. All this talk about Brights disease and Mon roe's doctorin' is nonsense. Dr. Buck, stand in thar, is as good doctor as any uv them '' -Arkansaw Traveller.
 Little Carl, aged 4, had been severely bit ten by mosquitoes at night The following
 
 me-" he asked his mamma if he might pray for himself. She readily consented and Carl began: "God, please don't let your flies, bugs, mosquitoes and hornets bite me any more, cause you know I'm only little boy, not half grown. Amen, ,"-Babyhood
 A Serious Case.-Mrs. Bagley-"Aurelia, you had better hide that milliner's bill, and I'll try to shave enough off the grocer,s bill to pay it. Your paw is greatly worried over his business affairs" Aurelia-''Oh, maw you don't mean to say he is going to fails' Mrs Bagley-sI know nothing for certain, but last night I heard him talking in his sleep about being robbed by man named Umpire and about the men going out on strikes, and fear the worst. t."-Philadelphia Call.
 Ethel-"Don't you like Mir. Fitz -Jonesa'' I Mabel-s'No, don't Idespise him." Ethel -''Why?" Mabel-s:Well, he was calling on me last night, and I undertook to show | him how we'll I could whistle" Ethel l ssWell, what of that?" Mabel-"A great | deal of that. I just puckered my lips up al l sweet and pretty as could, and then 1 Ethel-'sWell, what then?' Mabel-"Ht l just let me go on and whistle" Ethel-"How
 mean. "-Tid- d-Bits.
 | ''I often tell my husband" smiled Mrs Jones to Dumley, whom Jones brought home | unexpectedly to dinner, "that if he vii 1 bring gentlemen home to dinner without let | ting me know little beforehand he mus
 not be disappointed if everything. isn't jus as it should be- @Oh, I beg of you, m.
 dear madam, not to think of apologizing, responded Dumley, with profuse politeness l ssI have eaten worse dinners than this, I as
 sure you, and, ;" he added, ''I've eaten som
 pretty poor dinners, too" o."-Harper's Bazar
 "Go to the ant, thou sluggard, exclaimed King Solomon, wisely conjecturing that tn 1 sluggard was about to strike him for Grul stake 'sI have been there," calmly replied | the sluggard, "and have considered her ways and they are n. g. can give you pointe ! on my relatives; go to my uncle; he's wort a 10-acre lot of her" And pulling out tn
 chain from which his good gold watch use
 to depend, he remarked that he would jus step around into the spice garden and SC | what time it was by the sun dial.-Burdette